Category: Law
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Judge Cannon beat the odds to draw new Trump case; She also got free trip to posh Yellowstone resort from right-wing law school
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Twice in her short tenure as a federal judge in South Florida, Aileen Cannon has drawn two of the most historic cases in American history, both involving the man who appointed her to the court, former President Donald Trump. -
Ex-Everglades Foundation chief scientist Van Lent guilty of contempt, faces up to 1 year in county jail
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has found the Everglades Foundation’s former chief scientist Thomas Van Lent guilty of indirect criminal contempt for disobeying a court order and deleting from his computers “massive amounts of data” owned by the foundation. -
Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In 2018 Florida legislators—even the NRA posse—bowed to the urgent need for gun control after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: They passed minimal reforms including a red flag law. -
Seminole Tribe members are second-class citizens on their own reservations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In Florida, open government laws guarantee the public’s right to access and make copies of state laws, local ordinances, public agency budgets and many other government records – like the salaries of the governor and city and county leaders. In that regard, however, members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida are second-class citizens. -
Black-run Miramar pays $565,000 to settle charges of reverse discrimination by trio of white ex-police officers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miramar’s city commission has agreed to pay $565,000 to settle a five-year-old lawsuit brought by a trio of senior white city police officers who claimed they were illegally denied promotions by a black police chief who wanted to “have his command staff mirror” Miramar’s majority minority population. -
Disgraced ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss, founder of a legal aid center, hustles to prevent his own return trip to prison
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Justice Center operates out of a low-rise on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park. It’s familiar territory to the center’s founder and executive director, former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy and ex-convict Jonathan Bleiweiss.
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